Fruit pitter and parer.



No. 791,815. I PATBNTED JUNE6,1905'.

' R. L. POLLOOK}.

FRUIT PITTBR AND PARER," I APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19,1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented June 6, 1 905.

ROBERT L. POLLOOK, OF STERLING, KANSAS.

FRUIT PITTER AND PARER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 1\To. 791,815, dated June6, 1905.

Application filed November 19, 1904. Serial No. 233,477.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known'that I, ROBERT L. PoLLooK, a citizen of the United'States,residing at Sterling,in the county of Rice and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fruit Pitters andParers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled inthe art to which it apperta'ins to make and use the same.

This invention relates to hand instruments for pitting and paring fruit,such as peaches and apples; and it consists in the novel constructionand combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

' In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the instrument. Fig. 2 isa plan view of the instrument. Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken on theline 00 m in Fig. 2.

A is an oval concavo-conveX scoop provided with a shank b at one end,which is secured in a handle B of any approved form. The other endportion 0 of the scoop is rounded internally and is provided with aprojecting diamond-point piercing-tool G. The edge of the scoop issharpened at 0?, so as to forma cutting implement for paring the fruit.The cutting edge 0? is curved and projects upwardly at its middle part,its end portions and the upper surface of the pointed tool 0 beinginclined downwardly.

What I claim is A fruit pitter and parer, comprising an ovalconcavo-convex scoop having a shank at one of the said piercing-toolbeing inclined downwardly.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

' ROBERT L. POLLOCK. Witnesses:

IRA TRIMBLn, W. G. PEARSON.

